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Jeremiah 29:29

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Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.

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Babylon was the Mesopotamian capital where many Judeans lived in exile after Jerusalem’s fall; Jerusalem was their covenant city in Judah. In this passage, Shemaiah’s message from Babylon seeks action in Jerusalem against Jeremiah, whose prophetic letter addressed the exiles’ future.

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Jeremiah 29:29 mentions Babylon and Jerusalem.

Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky
Jerusalem · Godot13

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